Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Rhode Island” in entry states-origin-of-the-names-of of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... oregano (Spanish)., the wild marjoram, which grows abundantly on the Pacific coast. Pennsylvania, Penn's woods, so named in honor of Admiral Penn, to whose son William it was granted by Charles II. Rhode Island , a corruption of Roode Islandt, Red Island, so named by the Dutch traders because of the abundance of cranberries found on the shore.
Tennessee (Indian), river of the big bend.
Texas, from an A...
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† | Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) | 3,308 | 738 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
Rhode Island (California, United States) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Rhode Island (New York, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Rhode Island (Texas, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes |
† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.